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=^........ IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST ........^=
^......... WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE .........^
.......... THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ..........
.......... RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU ..........
.......... ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE ..........
.......... FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND ..........
.......... JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE, ..........
.......... AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE, ..........
.......... ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOT GARDENS AND ..........
.......... WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A ..........
.......... FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND ..........
^......... EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A .........^
=^........ HOLE IN THE FENCE. ........^=
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%\=^...... GO INSIDE. WELL, IT'S HOLLOW, AND HIDES ......^=\%
$%\=^..... A PALE SWAMP (HERONS, MOSQUITOS). IT'S .....^=\%$
&$%\=^.... BRIGHTER HERE, AND THE SOUNDS OF THE ....^=\%$&
¶&$%\=^... CITY SEEM DISTANT. BUT THERE'S A SECOND ...^=\%$&¶
#¶&$%\=^.. GROVE INSIDE. ZIG ZAG BETWEEN PUDDLES ..^=\%$&¶#
##¶&$%\=^. AND SINKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS, .^=\%$&¶##
#¶&$%\=^.. BECAUSE TOWARD THE INNER TREELINE THE ..^=\%$&¶#
¶&$%\=^... GROUND BECOMES SOLID AGAIN. ...^=\%$&¶
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$%\=^..... GO INSIDE. THIS TIME THERE'S A CRACKED .....^=\%$
%\=^...... PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS, ......^=\%
\=^....... LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN .......^=\
=^........ ABANDONED BUILDING, WHAT USED TO HOUSE ........^=
^......... AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS .........^
.......... CHIPPING, SOME WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT ..........
.......... THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE: ..........
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.......... "INDIAN PALACE". ..........
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